Elizabeth Gaskell : A Habit of Stories
Jenny Uglow
690 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0571203590
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1999
BiographyBiography MemoirBritish LiteratureClassicsHistoricalHistoryLiterary CriticismLiteratureNonfictionVictorian
Elizabeth Gaskell won fame and notoriety as the author of “Mary Barton”. This biography looks at Elizabeth’s life and work, looking at how Elizabeth observed, from her Manchester home, the brutal but transforming impact of industry and writing down the truth of what she observed.